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As noted yesterday, Douglas supporter and former campaign aide Wes Harris is disappointed with the superintendent’s “capitulation” of letting Thompson and Vasquez back to work, but he sees a chance to rectify the situation.

Some activists and local GOP leaders are decrying S Allen’s S1309 (party organization; precinct committeemen; meetings), which some see as an attempt to rein in the rampant use of proxies at Republican intraparty elections, as unnecessarily overreaching.

A day after accusing Ducey of usurping her authority and getting widely panned for it, Douglas stood before the media to de-escalate her conflict with the governor, effectively backing down and seeking to rebuild bridges.

Ducey’s reversal today of Douglas’s firing of the top two Board of Education staffers resulted in a no-holds-barred reaction from the superintendent, who promptly accused the governor of usurping her powers and a host of other sins.

Shortly before our deadline, news broke that Douglas’ top aide had fired the top two administrators for the State Board of Education today (Feb. 11), setting up a legal showdown between the board and the Dept of Education.

State Elections Director Eric Spencer today told our reporter that the secretary of state’s office will be pushing for a change in the definition of “political committee” following a federal court ruling last year that the current one is unconstitutional because it is vague and overbroad.

Desegregation school districts are balking at a proposal championed by the Arizona Tax Research Assn to take away their funding source, a revenue stream that is intended to remedy racial discrimination in schools.